EP: 27•7 Oct 2019

Maintenance -- Fears That Stop People Investing | Ep. 27

About this episode

In this episode, we discuss maintenance. One of the biggest complaints landlords receive from tenants is deferred maintenance. That's where tenants have reported maintenance issues and they haven't been actioned by the landlord.

The issue with maintenance is that it is hard to plan for. You don't know when things are going to break, what's going to break and how much it's going to cost. The only way to combat this is to budget and plan for it accordingly.

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